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Verse Genesis 19:8. _BEHOLD NOW, I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS_] Nothing but
that sacred light in which the rights of hospitality were regarded
among the eastern nations, could either justify or palliate this...
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- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah
9. גשׁ־הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant
point,” stand back.
11. סנורים _san__e__vērı̂ym_, “blindness,” affecting the
mental more than the ocular visi...
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CHAPTER 19 THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH
_ 1. The angels visit (Genesis 19:1)_
2. Lot and the Sodomites (Genesis 19:6)
3. The destruction of Sodom announced (Genesis 19:12)
4. Lot and his
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The men reach Sodom at even, and Lot, sitting as was customary in the
spacious city gate, invites them, with the same courtesy and
hospitality as his uncle, to stay the night in his house. They at
fir...
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GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section
the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong
reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
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KNOWN. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause).
THESE. Archaic pronoun showing antiquity of Pentateuch
ROOF. Figure of speech _Metalepsis._ App-6. Roof put for house, and
house put for protection....
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_forasmuch as_ R.V. marg. _for therefore_: cf. Genesis 18:5. Lot's
proposal, so atrocious in our ears, may have been deemed meritorious
in an Eastern country, where no sacrifice was considered too gre...
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BEHOLD NOW, I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, &C.— See Judges 19:23. Nothing can
afford us a stronger proof of the sacredness of hospitality, than this
proposal of Lot's, to which that in Judges is similar. Yet a...
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2. _The Violence of the Sodomites_ (Genesis 19:4-11)
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of
Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people
from every qu...
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_AND LOT WENT OUT AT THE DOOR UNTO THEM, AND SHUT THE DOOR AFTER HIM,_
Lot went out at the door unto them. Hospitality was considered a
sacred duty, and imposed upon a host the obligation of protecti...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN
1. The visit of the two angels (who are 'the men' of Genesis 18) may
be regarded as the final test of Sodom. If they were hospitably
received and honourably...
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Lot's sense of the sacred duty of hospitality was no excuse for
neglecting his still greater duty of caring for his daughters' honour....
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Lot tried to protect the *angels because they were his guests. That
was the custom. But he still did not know that they were *angels. Lot
offered to give his two daughters to the men of Sodom. He thou...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 19
TWO *ANGELS GO TO SODOM
V1 The two *angels reached Sodom in the evening. Lot sat at the gate
of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he stood up. He went...
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I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS. — It is plain from Judges 19:24 that this
proposal was not viewed in old time with the horror which it seems to
deserve. Granting with St. Ambrose that it was the substitution of...
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הִנֵּה ־נָ֨א לִ֜י שְׁתֵּ֣י בָנֹ֗ות
אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ
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DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN
Genesis 19:1
WHILE Abraham was pleading with the Lord the angels were pursuing
their way to Sodom. And in doing so they apparently observed the laws
of those hu...
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ANGELS WITH LOT IN SODOM
Genesis 19:1
This chapter withdraws the veil from the ministry of angels. The Lord
of Angels stayed with Abraham on the heights. He also, in future ages,
was to descend into...
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Here the story of the visit of Jehovah and the angels is continued.
Here we see the two angels coming to Lot. By this time Lot had
attained to a position of eminence in Sodom. The phrase, "sitting in...
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GOD'S JUDGMENT
Lot stood outside his house and pled with the men of Sodom. He would
not turn over his guests to them. He even offered them his virgin
daughters rather than have them sin against his v...
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Behold now, I have two (e) daughters which have not known man; let me,
I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in
your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; (f) for therefo...
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But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to
them, and shut to the door.
Observe how God protects his people in the moment of danger....
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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8._I have two daughters_. As the constancy of Lot, in risking his own
life for the defense of his guests, deserves no common praise; so now
Moses relates that a defect was mixed with this great virtue...
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Lot, in the following chapter, because of his connection with the
heavenly man, depositary of God's counsels and wisdom, and
intercessor, himself down in the plain of this world, which he had
chosen,...
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BEHOLD NOW, I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, WHICH HAVE NOT KNOWN MAN,.... Though
some think they were espoused to men, but had not yet cohabited with
them, see Genesis 19:14:
LET ME, I PRAY YOU, BRING THEM OUT...
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Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I
pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in
your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came...
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_I have two daughters_ This was unadvisedly and unjustifiably offered,
probably through the great discomposure and perturbation which his
mind was in. It is true, of two evils we must choose the less,...
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1 Lot entertaineth two Angels.
4 The vicious Sodomites are striken with blindnesse.
12 Lot is sent for safety into the mountaines.
18 Hee obtaineth leaue to goe into Zoar.
24 Sodome and Gomorrah a...
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Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I
pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in
your eyes; only unto these men do nothing, for therefore came th...
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The Esvil Intention of the Sodomites...
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See Genesis 18:1 ff for the passage quote with footnotes.
3. _The entrance and sojourn of the two angels in Sodom, and the
completed manifestation of its corruption in opposition to the better
conduct...
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SODOM'S WICKEDNESS EXPOSED
Not in the heat of the day, but in the evening, the two angels arrived
at Sodom. Lot was sitting in the gate, the place of a judge. He was a
believer making an effort to con...
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1-29 Lot was good, but there was not one more of the same character
in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Care
was therefore taken for saving Lot and his family. Lot lingere...
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WHICH HAVE NOT KNOWN MAN, to wit, carnally. See GENESIS 24:16 NUMBERS
31:18 JUDGES 11:39. DO YE TO THEM AS IS GOOD IN YOUR EYES, whatsoever
your purpose or pleasure is. See the same phrase...
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There are two methods which the Lord graciously adopts, in order to
draw the heart away from this present world. The first is, by setting
before it the attractiveness and stability of "things above....
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Genesis 19:8 two H8147 daughters H1323 known H3045 (H8804) man H376
out H3318 (H8686) do H6213 ...
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‘And he said, “I beg you, my fellow-citizens, do not behave so
wickedly”.'
It is no easy task to face such a baying crowd. Lot was unquestionably
a brave man. But he has given hospitality to the stran...
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Genesis 19
Notice:
I. Sodom's sinfulness. Her sins were committed amidst an unbounded
flush of prosperity; they were committed amidst scenes of much natural
loveliness, Nature being outraged before...
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CONTENTS: Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's backsliding and
escape.
CHARACTERS: Angels, Lot and family, Abraham, Moab, Benammi.
CONCLUSION: No Christian can find his pleasure and profit in th...
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Genesis 19:1. _Lot sat in the gate of Sodom,_ as a magistrate, no
doubt, for the wicked accuse him of making himself a judge or elder.
The main gate of a city was the usual place of hearing causes, an...
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_But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to
them, and shut to the door_
THE EVE OF JUDGMENT TO SINNERS
I. THEIR WICKEDNESS IS UNABATED.
1. It extends to all classes of the c...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 19:6 Lot’s readiness to protect the two
men from the mob is admirable. In desperation he offers his two
unmarried DAUGHTERS as substitutes—a shocking, cowardly, and
inexcusable...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 19:5. That we may know them.] A well-known euphemism for a
foul crime which derives its name from this infamous place. “From
Leviticus 22-25 we learn that the practice of the...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 19:1
AND THERE CAME TWO ANGELS—literally, _the two angels_, _i.e._ the
two men of the preceding chapter who accompanied Jehovah to Mature;
οἱ δύο ἄγγελλοι (LXX.)—TO SODOM AT EV...
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Chapter nineteen of the book of Genesis deals with the destruction of
the city of Sodom. The Lord came to Abraham and informed him of the
fact that because of the wickedness of Sodom, it was necessary...
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I have. Exodus 32:22 let. Genesis 19:31 Genesis 42:37 Judges 19:24
Mark 9:6
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ABRAHAM AND LOT CONTRASTED
Genesis 19:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we enter into Genesis nineteen we are struck with many contrasts
between it and Genesis eighteen. The eighteenth speaks of Abraham and
t...
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I have two daughters — This was unadvisedly and unjustifiably
offered. It is true, of two evils we must chose the less, but of two
sins we must chose neither, nor ever do evil that good may come of it...
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Was the sin of Sodom homosexuality or inhospitality?
PROBLEM: Some have argued that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was
inhospitality, not homosexuality. They base this claim on the
Canaanite custom tha...